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It’s a mark of our improved sensibilities that dogs are welcome in many more public places than used to be the case. Pups of every size and breed can be seen alongside their humans in just about any place a human can roam freely, this is especially evident in summer and even more so in…

This post is definitely not about Burning Man. If I hear the words, “Burning Man“, one more time I’m going to set my hair on fire. Yes, the man is burned. Yes, everywhere you look there are cars, buses, trucks, RV’s coated in Blackrock City Playa dust. Yes, if you see someone who looks like this in…

Both of my daughters now live in San Francisco. They are forging their way through the wilderness of adulthood armed with the confidence and good sense they got by growing up country girls. They make me proud. San Francisco is one of my favorite places to visit, a place of incomparable beauty and history, a…

I recently had a night out in Reno and saw Dennis Miller live at The Silver Legacy Casino. I haven’t laughed so hard in a very long time, and it got me thinking about how important humor is on this great stage we call life. No matter what doubts, fears and insults one lugs about…